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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Okay. By way of example, when I visited small retail shops yesterday I met a lady who told me she was not eligible for the restart grant because her turnover had not decreased by more than 25% thanks to online sales. In terms of online sales, I understand three years' worth of applications were received in three months, and that is why there has been more funding. We have come to the end...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is a tiny support, and I appreciate that there is a range of different types of support. For example, in September a range of businesses will have significant loans which need to be repaid when they are no longer able to push back their loans. There needs to be liquidity around that and an ability to refinance their loans with Government support to be able to do that. I understand the...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Has IBEC been involved in any of the conversations in regard to the preparation of the €2 billion credit guarantee scheme?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It requires the Government to be able to enact that legislation. That is important and I completely understand that. I do not have any further questions. I am concerned for a group of young people in their 20s and 30s employed in private enterprise at the entry level. These citizens really need a voice and need to be represented in this conversation. They may have been the last in and...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for coming in and for the range of supports that have been provided. One of the biggest concerns I have is about liquidity for businesses that have made significant investment and have significant loans from September. I am particularly thinking of medium-sized enterprises that are above the threshold for microfinance and some of the helpful liquidity supports that are...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That will require legislation.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Can I presume that that legislation is at a reasonably advanced stage of drafting insofar as is possible-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ----- and that, were there to be a new Government, it would be ready to go should the opportunity to put it through arise?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Regarding the SBCI working capital scheme, it is my understanding that there have been approximately 3,000 applications. Approximately how many of those have been approved by the SBCI and how many have been subsequently approved by banks?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am terribly sorry to interrupt Mr. Hughes, but time is tight, given the way the committee is run. Is he telling me that 372 loans have been approved by banks out of 2,600 that have been approved by SBCI?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What does Mr. Hughes think is the primary reason for that?
- Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I join my colleagues in the House in condemning the brutal murder of George Floyd in the United States and all that has gone with that since then. One positive thing to come from this is a coming together of a range of different people and races peacefully, as has been shown in recent days, to stand together against the abuse of and discrimination against black people. It is worth...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. We agree there was a need for additional capacity but at the end of March and the beginning of April, attendance was low and people were not turning up for many different reasons. The contract will not be extended beyond June. What can we do now to use June well to maximum capacity?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Mr. Varley commented on the State taking over on a precautionary basis. He stated that this was an essential measure at that time. The passage of time, of course, gives us a different perspective. Does Mr. Varley’s organisation agree that we are going to need to maintain some additional capacity in the medium term?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is hard to disagree with that but Mr. Varley's organisation is open to the fact that there is going to be a need for ongoing capacity and flexibility from that side.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That was for several different reasons, however. That was not just about a contract or otherwise. That was about the rate of presentations as well as everything else.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That was clarified fairly quickly, however.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Mr. Maurice Neligan has been operating within this system. Will he give the committee a flavour by way of example of the sort of work that has moved between the hospitals?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Of course.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (2 Jun 2020)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is certainly an opportunity to do that for the next phase. I thank Mr. Neligan.